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IN RE HEFRON

No. 98S00-0006-DI-390.

771 N.E.2d 1157 (2002)

In the Matter of William K. HEFRON.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon A. Etzler Hoeppner, Wagner & Evans Valparaiso, IN, for the Respondent.

Donald R. Lundberg, Executive Secretary, Indianapolis, IN, for the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

PER CURIAM.

Attorney William K. Hefron agreed to represent a client on an hourly basis to recover assets belonging to an estate. Upon learning that substantial assets could be easily recovered, he insisted the client sign a new fee agreement under which the respondent would receive a significant percentage of the value of the recovered assets, as well as a percentage of the value of the estate. For this professional misconduct, we suspend...

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